Kingsgate
Kingsgate is a hamlet in St Peter's parish, Broadstairs, Kent. The name Kingsgate is related to an incidental landing of Charles II on 30 June 1683 though other English monarchs have also used this cove, such as George II in 1748.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: hamlet in Thanet, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kingsgate, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include North Foreland Lighthouse and Captain Digby Inn.
North Foreland Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: John Smitten, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England, specifically in Broadstairs. With the rest of Broadstairs and part of Ramsgate it is the eastern side of Kent's largest peninsula, the Isle of Thanet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foreness Point and Palm Bay.
Foreness Point
Locality
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foreness Point is a low headland on the coast of Kent in England. It extends a short distance into the entrance of the Thames Estuary, on the north coast of Thanet, between Palm Bay in Cliftonville and Botany Bay in Broadstairs.
Palm Bay
Quarter
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Palm Bay is an area of Cliftonville, a suburb of Margate in Kent, England. The area is predominantly housing, but also has recreational land for the general public.
St Peter’s
Suburb
Photo: Graham Pritchard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's is an area of Broadstairs, in the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, on the Isle of Thanet, in Kent, England. Historically a village, it was outgrown by the long-dominant settlement of the two, Broadstairs, after 1841.
Kingsgate
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Broadstairs and St Peter’s, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3822° or 51° 22′ 56″ northLongitude
1.43589° or 1° 26′ 9″ eastElevation
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
9F339CJP+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1116848286OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Kingsgate” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kingsgate (Kent)”
- Basque: “Kingsgate”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kingsgate”. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.